Know our roots - Hindu religion

Puri Jagannath Temple History Lord Jagannath temple is in Puri and people visit it during their  Char Dham yatra. It is given in Shastras that Lord Jagannath  himself manifested in the form of this Kshetra.  This temple is also known as Purushothama Kshetram as it won't get destroyed even during the pralaya. It is said that Samudra Tirtha snanam(bath),darshanam, annaprasadam and death at Puri gives us Mukti.If we do any one among the four we are lucky enough. Lord Jagannath temple is unique from other temples in many ways. Dharu(wood)Brahma The idols here are made of wood,So he is called Dharu Brahma.Normally we see the idols in temples made of Stone,Brass etc but nowhere of wood. Moola virat for yatra Ratha yatra which is conducted here is world famous,normally separate utasava idols are used for yatras but in this temple the Moola Virat himself comes for ride during Ratha yatra.New Ratha's are made every year as per shastras. Anna prasada It is considered very auspici...

Kasi Temple Visit Most of the people born in India wanted to visit Kasi atleast once in their lifetime. But it is not easy for everyone to go there unless one have lots of punya (good deeds) and they need to visit many other sacred pilgrim's to be lucky enough to visit Kasi. Things to be done to get the Tirtha yatra phala (Benefit of Pilgrimage) There are four important things to be done in Kasi as said in Kasi Kanda. 1)Ganga Thirtha Snanam(Ganga Bath) Manikarnika Ganga  flows in different places in our country but the Ganga that flows in Kasi is considered auspicious and in Kasi it is Manikarnika that is important.  Doing Ganga bath removes all our Sins and is the first important thing to be done. Bath in Ganga In Kasi we can take the Ganga bath at anytime in a day, be it a morning, evening or night and there is no need to see any auspicious timings to take the bath. Bath must be taken at our residence prior to a dip in Ganga . Take 3 dips in Ganga and do sankalpa (need to sa...